Brush or mop holder



Au 31, 11.92%; 1,598,549 I; FERLDW BRUSH OR MOP HOLDER ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 31, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY BERLOW, OF NEW YORK; N. Y.

BRUSH OR MOP HOLDER.

Application filed September 9, 1925.

The general object of my invention is to provide a novel and practical assemblage permitting of the handle being readily attached to or detached from a brush or mop carrying frame member, that the handle may be interchangeable and permit of a different frame being readily attached thereto in a convenient manner whereby the mops or brushes may be. varied as desired on the same handle.

The nature of the invention and its distinguishing features and advantages will clearly appear as the description proceeds.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, it being understood that the drawings are merely illustrative of practical examples of the invention.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a combined. handle and mop frame assemblage;

Figure 2 is an enlarged transverse vertical section on the line 2-2, Figure 1.

In the illustrated example showing a practical example of my invention, the numeral indicates a mop or brush handle which may be of ordinary form. Attached to the handle 10 at the forwerd end, is a dwice to engage and hold a mop or brush frame, said device consisting of clamp jaws 11 secured at their rear ends by a transverse rivet 12 or the like to the handle 10 slightly rearward of the front terminal of said handle.

The forward end of the handle attachmentconsisting of the jaws 11 is so formed that said jaws are directed laterally inward toward each other as at 13 for clamping action and the terminals of said jaws at the inner surfaces have a concave formation to jointly accommodate the sheathing forming a connecting portion 14 formed on the offset central portion 15 of the mop or brush frame here shown as formed of Serial No. 55,336.

twisted wire and indicated by the numeral 16, the letter A indicating the mop of any suitable character.

The connecting portion 14- of the mop or brush frame 16 is round in cross section but not wholly so, there being a web 17 disposed along the forward edge of said connecting portion so that the connecting portion will not turn in the concave depressions 13 but the frame 16 will be held tightly and rigidly clamped by the jaws 11.

Any suitable means may be employed to bind the jaws 11 on the connecting portion 14 or 114. In the illustrated form use is made of a bolt 18 having a nut 19 advantageously a wing nut, there being a spring 20 coiled about the bolt 18 between the jaws 11 and normally tending to spread said jaws.

The tightening up of the nut 19 serves to firmly bind the jaws 11 on the connect ing portion 14 or 114.

I would state furthermore that while the illustrated examples constitute practical embodiments of my invention I do not limit myself strictly to the exact details herein illustrated, but reserve the right to such variations as do not depart from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

A device of the kind described, comprising a frame having an offset rounded connecting portion, a sheet metal sheath held to said offset portion, and a handle attachment including jaws, said jaws conforming approximately to the rounded lines of said sheath, the sheath being provided with a web extending forwardly from the rounded part between the jaws to prevent turning of the handle on said frame.

HARRY BERLOVV. 

